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...comes off as tough, reasonable and shrewd. Mark comes off as lost rather than evil or profligate. Perhaps her levelheadedness, so vital to him when he was campaigning, became less enticing to him when he was the incumbent. He may find himself needing a campaign manager again. It's hard to imagine many South Carolinian women who read this book being inclined to vote for Sanford in the next election. If this is revenge, it's certainly served at its coldest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jenny Sanford Dishes with Dignity in Staying True | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...believe in regulation, and excess leverage," says Jon Corzine, the former governor of New Jersey and a former chief executive of Goldman Sachs. "We need stricter, higher capital rules for the banks. That's a much better solution than trying to limit a type of business that is hard to define...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Proprietary Trading Too Wild for Wall Street? | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

Skeptics say it will be very hard to define which trades are being made on behalf of the firm and which are being made for clients. At issue as well is which firms would be subject to the Volcker rule. The skeptics say the Volcker rule wouldn't have stopped the collapse of Lehman or another investment bank, Bear Stearns, because they were not traditional banks. (Administration officials say the proposed rule would apply to any firm that owns a bank with federally insured deposits, which Lehman and Bear both did.) What's more, critics say, if you were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Proprietary Trading Too Wild for Wall Street? | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...been working towards that process from the beginning,” Erickson says. “I’m very excited about that; it’s going to be great...my goal now is to help him learn how to coach.He’s definitely worked hard and been very dedicated to the program, and it’s been a joy to work with...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brady Throws His Way Into Stardom | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...Einat thought of herself as a Scarlet O’Hara. She had this strong association with the character, she even looked like her,” Bagby explains. “She is willing to work very hard to be a heroine for her country. That is her aspiration; that...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wilf ’96 Elected to Israeli Parliament | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

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